Shoe storage rack



Aug. 10, 1965 w. L. SMITH SHOE STORAGE RACK Filed Nov, 27, 1962 United States Patent() 3,199,473 SHUE STRAGE RACK Wilta L. Smith, 33 S. '70th East Ave., Tulsa, Okla. Fiied Nov. 27, 1962, Ser. No. 240,348

2 Claims. (Cl. 10S-159) This invention relates to a storage rack which is primarily intended for holding shoes but which is adaptable to hold a wide variety of other articles.

The object of the invention is to provide a storage rack which is easily collapsible for shipment and storage.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a shoe storage rack which can be readily manufactured from commercially available materials. j

A still other object of the present invention is to provide a storage rack which is of open frame construction but which is `so shaped and provided with mounting brackets of such a form that it can be easily covered with clear plastic.

An additional object of the present invention is to provide a storage rack which, when assembled, is neat and attractive in appearance.

Still other objects, advantages and improvements will become apparent from the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

FIGURE 1 is an isometric view of the storage rack in its assembled form;

FIGURE 2 is an end elevation view of the storage rack;

FIGURE 3 is an isometric under plan detail view showing the corner construction;

FIGURE 4 is a view similar to FIGURE 1, but on a reduced scale, showing the storage rack covered by cloth or plastic;

FIGURE 5 is a detail view of the corner construction, partly in section, showing the collapsible feature of the storage rack; and

FIGURE 6 is a side elevation view showing the storage rack in its assembled form in phantom lines and in collapsed form in full lines.

Referring now to the drawings in detail and to FIG- URE 1 in particular, the storage rack is here shown as comprised in part by a bottom 11B, which may be of Wood, plastic material, or medium thick sheet metal. The bottom has cut away corners 11. A bottom frame 12 is made of metal rod and is of closed rectangular construction, but could be square if desired, and has rounded corners. A top frame 13 is substantially identical in construction to the bottom frame 12. Two end frames 14-14 are made of metal rod and are of rectangular or square shape with the top of the rectangle or square being open, and the bottom corners of these frames being rounded. At their tops the sides of these end frames are flattened at 14a, bent at right angles at 1419, and terminate in closed beads 14e. These beads 14e-14e on the sides of the end frames are closed around the respective ends of the top frame 13.

Mounting brackets 15-15 have closed beads 15a at their bottoms, which beads are closed around one side of the top frame 13. Adjacent their tops, these mounting brackets have holes 16 therein. The storage is fastened in position on a wall W (FIGURE 2) by clips 17 through the holes 16 in the mounting brackets 15-15. .Nails, screws or bolts could as well be used.

In use, the end frames 14-14 are, as stated, secured to the ends of the top frame 13 by having the beads 14C at their tops rolled around the ends of the top frame 13,

3,199,473 Patented Aug. It), 1965 this being a pivotal mounting. Similarly, the mounting brackets 151S are secured to one side of the top frame 13 by having the beads 15a on the brackets rolled around one side of the top frame. The end frames 14-14 are then allowed to hang vertically downward, and the bottom 11B is put in place, first by being placed between the end frames 1414 in a position slightly inclined to the horizontal plane, and then allowed to drop downward to the horizontal position, the cut away corners 11 in the bottom now receiving the rounded corners of the end frames. The bottom frame 12 is then put in place around the bottom horizontal members of the end frames 14-14 and beneath the bottom panel 1t) of the storage rack. The bottom panel litil may be cemented to the bottom frame 12.

In FIGURE l the bottom 10 and the bottom frame 12 are shown in phantom lines in an intermediate horizontal position, a position that they would instantaneously occupy while the storage rack is being collapsed.

In FIGURE 4 the storage rack is shown in its assembled form and over same there is a cover 18 of clear plastic, this cover being conformed to the shape of the storage rack and split at 19 vertically along the center line of its outer side to provide access to the interior of the storage rack.

In FIGURE 5 fragments of the bottom 1t), t-op frame 13 and one of the end frames 14 are shown in the collapsed position of the storage rack, the bottom 19 being positioned against the top frame 13, and the end frame 14 being folded inwardly against the bottom 1i).

Referring to FIGURE 6 the storage rack is shown in full lines in the collapsed position with the end frames 14 folded under the bottom 10. The phantom lines show the end frames 14-14 falling away from the folded to their vertical positions, as shown in FIGURE 1, from that in which they are in the collapsed position In View of the foregoing disclosure, it will be obvious that all of the initially recited objects of this invention have been achieved. v

Although the present invention has been described and illustrated in connection with a preferred embodiment, it will be understood that modilications and varations may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention, as those skilled in this art will readily understood. Such modifications and variations are considered to be within the purview and scope of the present invention, as deiined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A storage rack comprised by a top frame of rectangular construction, a pair of end frames narrower in width than the bottom frame and having side members lattened at their tops, turned at right angles and terminating in beads encompassing the opposite ends of the top frame forming pivots mounting the end frames for swinging movement, a bottom panel having cut away corners receiv ing the side members of the end frames, and a bottom frame substantially identical in construction with the top frame receiving the free ends of the end frames and supporting the bottom.

2. A storage rack comprised by a top frame of right angle construction, a pair of end frames of right angle U construction pivotally mounted on the opposite ends of the top frame, a bottom panel having cut awaycorners receiving the sides of the end frames and inl part holding the end frames in their vertical positions, a bottom frame substantially identical in construction with the top frame supporting the bottom panel and in which the 3 U-shaped end frames are received and further held in their 1,695,211 vertical positions. 2,5 77, 1 3 8 References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 5 3,056,508

1,331,621 2/20 Carlin 108--111 1,453,885 5/23 Nelson 35i-102B Shilander 108-134 Lundqvist 10S-110 Brown 211-106 X Milner 10S-111 Horandner 10S-10S FRANK B. SHERRY, Primary Examiner. 

1. A STORAWGE RACK COMPRISED BY A TOP FRAME OF RECTANGULAR CONSTRUCTION, A PAIR OF END FRAMES NARROWER IN WIDTH THAN THE BOTTOM FRAME AND HAVING SIDE MEMBERS FLATTENED AT THEIR TOPS, TURNED AT RIGHT AWNGLES AND TERMINATING IN BEADS ENCOMPASSING THE OPPOSTIE ENDS OF THE TOP FRAME FORMING PIVOTS MOUNTING THE END FRAMES FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT, A BOTTOM PANEL HAVING CUT AWAY CORNERS RECEIV- 